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Have Your Say! Disabled Children’s Partnership survey for parent carers
The Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) is a coalition of more than 60 charities campaigning for better services for disabled children and their family carers.
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South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance Survey
The South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance (SGDAA) has been working to make communities dementia friendly. This means places where those living with dementia and their carers/supporters feel respected, supported, understood, able to access services easily and be a part of their community.
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Survey for Parent Carers in Bristol
This survey aims to collect the views of parent carers whose children have special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND) and attend a for profit/private or independent school.
Survey for Parent Carers living in Bristol
This survey aims to collect the views of parent carers whose children have special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND) and attend a for profit/private or independent school.
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Have your say – changes to community services
Community health services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) are currently being reviewed, before they are put out to tender next year.
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Bristol carers’ experiences of accessing GP services sought by Healthwatch Bristol
The Healthwatch Bristol survey will be open for 6 months with plans to speak to members of the public at selection of practices across the city. Healthwatch will analyse the results once the survey closes and present their findings in a report.
Wellbeing College Survey
South Gloucestershire Wellbeing College has developed a short online survey to ask carers for their views on forthcoming courses.
Have attitudes to dementia changed in the last few years?
Dementia Health Integration Team and University of the West of England are trying to find out how attitudes to dementia may have changed over the last few years, with a new Attitudes to Dementia survey.
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Updated Proposals for Targeted Short Breaks for children with disabilities
Bristol City Council is consulting to help shape Targeted Short Breaks services for children with disabilities. They are planning their services and want to know what people think about what is working well and what could be better.
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Are you between 50 & 70 and living in South Gloucestershire?
The South Gloucestershire Over 50s Forum would like to hear from 50-70 years olds about what matters to them and how they would like their voice to be represented.
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National State of Caring & Short Breaks Survey
Dear Carers, please find links below for two important surveys for you to fill out.
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Healthwatch Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Survey
Healthwatch would like to know about waiting times, standard of support and services, as well as ongoing support across the Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and B&NES areas.
The survey is open until 30 April and can be filled out online here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J89P5WR
The findings, comments and themes will be taken forward by Healthwatch Bristol to a meeting with senior CAMHS managers in May
SARAS Learning Disabilities Survey
Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (SARAS) hope to identify the gaps and needs in service provision for survivors of sexual abuse and rape who also have a learning disability.
South Gloucestershire Housing Survey: Housing needs for the over 55s
South Gloucestershire is faced with a growing ageing population over the next 5-20 years as life expectancy increases and people from the post-war ‘baby boom’ reach old age. The likelihood of being disabled and receiving care increases with age.
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South Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles Survey 2018
South Gloucestershire Council is reviewing their services to support people to take care of their health.
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Personal health budget holders invited to share their experiences
People currently in receipt of a personal health budgets or integrated personal budget (combining health and social care funding) will be able to share their experiences of a personal health budget in a survey being run by NHS England. Open until 31st April, all survey responses will be anonymised and used to help improve how personal health budgets are offered in England.
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Care Support Alliance Survey
Please help the Care and Support Alliance (CSA) in shaping their campaign targeting the Government for a properly funded social care system. The CSA want to hear from carers about your experiences of the social care system. Can you spare 15 minutes to fill in their survey? It will help shape the CSA’s campaign and ensure your voice as a carer is part of the social care reforms.
Consultation: Deadline for responding to Talking Therapies extended
As some of you will be aware, BNSSG (Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) Clinical Commissioning Groups are re-designing and re-commissioning talking therapies services. This includes counselling, CBT and group therapy.
Have you accessed talking therapies? Has the person that you care for accessed them? Do you have any views that you would like to feed in?
The deadline for filling out the online survey has now been extended until 15th February.
You can fill this out by clicking here!
Focus Groups for Carers on Talking Therapies
Talking therapies services (otherwise known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies – IAPT) are being recommissioned and redesigned in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. IAPT services provide support for adults who are experiencing low mood, anxiety and depression, stress, excessive worry or difficulties controlling emotions. These therapies are sometimes known as ‘talking therapies’. Typical treatments include cognitive behavioural therapies, mindfulness, counselling, couples therapies, psychodynamic therapy, psychosexual therapy, and group-based support.
We’d like to invite you to attend a focus group so that we can make sure that your views on how these services could be improved, what should be included in the redesign and also, any positive experiences that you or the person you care for have experienced (if any) around talking therapies.
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